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@UFSurgery trauma and acute care surgeon, ICU doctor | @UFSurgResidents Program Director | @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee Chair

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Tyler Loftus
4 years
Dear Residents, Thank you for waking early and working tirelessly all day and sometimes all night caring for patients while also learning, teaching, and researching with passion and humanity. Our future is bright because you are relentless! Sincerely yours, A grateful attending
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Dear Residents, Thank you for waking early and working hard all day and sometimes all night caring for patients while also learning, teaching, and researching with passion and humanity. Our future is bright because of you! Sincerely yours, A grateful attending
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Congratulations to Dr Caroline Park @CPark_MD on her new role as Vice Chair of Outreach for the @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee 👏
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We are thrilled to have Dr. Amalia Cochran @AmaliaCochranMD join @UFSurgery (first day today!) as a full Professor of Surgery sharing her trailblazing wisdom as past President of @WomenSurgeons with the next generation of leaders @UFSurgResidents . Welcome Dr. Cochran!
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Dear Residents, Thank you for committing to providing the best care for our patients all day and sometimes all night while also studying, teaching, and researching relentlessly. We must all commit to also taking care of you, our future. Sincerely yours, A grateful attending
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Congratulations to Dr Dan Hashimoto @Laparoscopes on his new role as Vice Chair of Education and Research for the @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee 👏
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4 years
Something good: how to tie a surgeons knot with simultaneous overhand and underhand throws, by my 9 year old daughter ❤️
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Congratulations to @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery rising chief resident Dr. Patrick Underwood @P_Underwood21 who matched into Surgical Oncology at Ohio State @OhioStateSurg 👏💪 (might strain his @UMichSurgery roots but that puts him in good company)!
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
Last day of fellowship! So grateful to all who trained me. To the rising chiefs, fellows: -Lead from the front -Engage students -Challenge microaggresions, bias -Caring for patients is a spectacular privilege and responsibility. Be relentless! #medtwitter #UnsolicitedAdvice
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Last day of residency! To rising chiefs: -Lead from the front -Run a tidy ship -Make time to get coffee for your patient, intern, bedside nurse -Caring for patients is a spectacular privilege and responsibility: be relentless! #medtwitter #UnsolicitedAdvice
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Huge congratulations to our extraordinary Chair Dr Gib Upchurch @gru6n @UFSurgery for ascending to President of the Southern Surgical Association. The future has never been brighter!
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Just announced by Dean Koch: my extraordinary mentor Dr. Azra Bihorac @AzraBihorac has been named Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs @UFHealth . There could be no better choice. So many will benefit and grow from her brilliant vision and strong leadership. Go gators! 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery rising chief Dr. Craig Elder who matched into his top choice fellowship in Plastic Surgery at Indiana University @IU_Surgery @IUMedSchool 👏💪
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Congratulations to our Chief Residents @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery who matched today into Surgical Critical Care Fellowships 🐊💪👇
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
NIH K23 awarded!! *standing on the shoulders of giants-thanks to @AzraBihorac @UFNephrology , @Parisa__Rashidi @UFBME , @gru6n @UFSurgery , supporter @jdimick1 @UMichSurgery -extraordinary scientists and people We are passionate about #MachineLearning to improve surgical care🔥
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to our chief residents @UFSurgery who just matched into surgical critical care (each at their top choice 💪) Dr. Camille Apple - Duke Dr. Julie Stortz - UF Dr. Michael Cox - UF We take great pride in your success as you launch into the next phase of training!
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Congratulations to Dr. @AzraBihorac Senior Associate Dean for Research Affairs @UFHealth for her long overdue Alpha Omega Alpha honor society induction 💪 A generational leader, visionary researcher, and extraordinary mentor and sponsor - nobody deserves this more
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Last night our beloved Chair @UFSurgery Dr Gib Upchurch @gru6n received the Charles W Putnam Distinguished Mentor Award from @WomenSurgeons and nobody could deserve it more. An authentic champion for fairness, equity and a brighter future for all
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Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Balch @balchja @UFSurgResidents on beginning a 3-year research fellowship embedded within surgery residency during which he'll earn a PhD in Biomedical Informatics sponsored by the @UFHealth Emerging Research Scholars #AI Program and #NIH T32 award💪
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3 years
Executive summary of #AI in surgery @SurgJournal : Thank you to our global, multi-disciplinary group of experts for sharing their experiences in facing AI development and implementation challenges and overcoming them toward improved surgical care
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Tyler Loftus
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. @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery Intern Surgical Olympics! Soaked intern @philiphongmd defends his honor during the water-filled glove clamp, divide, and ligate task. His ligation was perfect but the glove burst from a manufacturing defect vs. thinly veiled chief/judge malice🤔
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Congratulations to our @UFSurgResidents rising chiefs matching into Vascular Surgery today👏💪 Dr. Amanda Filiberto: University of Alabama-Birmingham Dr. Derek Leaderer: University of Florida #WhyUFSurgery - phenomenal clinical experience mentorship and sponsorship @UFVascular
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For many core surgical procedures, low proportions of graduating residents achieve practice-ready performance. Ken Abbott (formerly @UMichSurgery now @UFSurgResidents ) and @bcgeorge provide a strong rational for educational reform in @AnnalsofSurgery
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"conversion of our...trauma operating room to an endovascular hybrid operating room provided measurable improvements in hemorrhage control...and transfusions...without significant increase in cost" - @balchja @UFSurgResidents 🐊💪 et al in @JTraumAcuteSurg :
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"Residents generally have high levels of grit...we must make changes in our culture...to decrease the unacceptable and unsustainable level of burnout" Thoughtful commentary from Dr. Pamela Lipsett @hopkinssurgery in @JAMASurgery
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Angel Charles @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery for winning the @UFHealth Hugh Hill Award given to the single best resident teacher in the hospital 🐊💪
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Thanking Residents the day before Thank-A-Resident Day because you all work so hard that you probably wouldn't see this post tomorrow. Our future is bright because of you. Thank you!
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This morning we @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents had the tremendous honor of hosting Dr Rachel Kelz @surgeryspice @pennsurgery as a visiting professor to share a spectacular Grand Rounds on "Next Generation Academic Surgery" Thank you @gru6n and @AmaliaCochranMD for supporting this
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Congratulations to our medalists in the Intern Surgical Olympics @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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2 years
We @UFSurgery have had the great privilege of hosting Dr Vikas Dudeja @drvikasdudeja from @UABSurgery who shared extraordinary research on pancreatic cancer immunology as well as surgeon-scientist career wisdom as part of our faculty exchange program. Thank you Dr Dudeja 🙏
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. @UFMedicine MS4 Molly Nyren's first first author paper in @SurgJournal 🐊💪 Laparoscopic common bile duct exploration simulation was associated with increased @UFSurgResidents performance and autonomy in the OR and excellent patient outcomes:
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Excellent communication from @MdDorsey and colleagues at @uchicagosurgery in @SurgJournal describing a system to address access to care and bias issues during morbidity and mortality conference: We should try this @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents @gru6n
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4 years
Women surgeons had lower mortality rates than men 😳 for several procedures, after propensity matching. This is consistent with high quality evidence in non surgical literature @JAMAInternalMed :
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SURGERY Journal
4 years
Improved mortality rates with female surgeons? Battle of the sexes: The effect of surgeon gender on postoperative in-hospital mortality #ILookLikeASurgeon @SurgJournal @ELSSurgery @NewYorker
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#AI in surgery series @SurgJournal : Reinforcement learning identifies a sequence of actions to achieve a predetermined goal, responding to changing physiological states during and after surgery Great contribution from @AzraBihorac @UFHealth
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4 years
Thank you Dr. Wexner! All credit to first author @balchja and leadership from @gru6n and @AzraBihorac - thought leaders in #MachineLearning in surgery How to bridge the #AI valley of death in surgical decision-making:
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4 years
Excited to share our work today @AmCollSurgeons #ACSCC20 : prospective validation of a #MachineLearning platform predicting risk for postoperative complications using real-time EHR data With an exceptional team @AzraBihorac @UFNephrology @Parisa__Rashidi @UFBME @gru6n @UFSurgery
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This kind of leadership inspires loyalty. 👇email from my boss @gru6n @UFSurgery approving a new hire for #AI research @UFHealth last fall during widespread covid-related financial restrictions
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Honored and humbled to edit the #AI in Surgery Series @SurgJournal describing state-of-the-art #MachineLearning applications, their limitations, and opportunities to transform surgical care. 🙏 @Behrns @SWexner @juliomayol @UFSurgery and contributing authors around the world
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SURGERY Journal
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Introduction to the artificial intelligence in surgery series @_TylerLoftus @UFSurgery @SurgJournal #SoMe4Surgery #AI
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Congratulations to our newly matched general surgery residents @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery - we can’t wait to work with this exceptional group of surgeons! 🐊 💪
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A tremendous honor to have the incomparable Dr. Bob Bartlett present Grand Rounds on ECMO @UFSurgery with @UFSurgResidents learning from this important image of a consummate surgeon scientist at the bedside caring for and comforting a patient This is the way
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Congratulations to our Chair @gru6n @UFSurgery for induction into the National Academy of Medicine - a richly deserved lifetime achievement. We are unaware of any libations suitable for this tremendous honor so instead we made coasters (also unsuitable)...congratulations again!
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UF Health
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Dr. Gilbert R. Upchurch Jr. been named to @theNAMedicine for his seminal work on the understanding of vascular disease and surgical care. “...this is the reflection of all the amazing people I have been blessed to work with in my career," @gru6n said.
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#AI in Surgery Series @SurgJournal : Computer vision (deep learning with pixels as model inputs) can classify robotic suturing movements, could be applied to augment surgical coaching Outstanding contribution from @AjhungMD @AnimaAnandkumar @USC_Urology @KECKSchool_USC @Caltech
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SURGERY Journal
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Deep learning-based computer vision to recognize and classify suturing gestures in robot-assisted surgery @AjhungMD @USCUrologySim @USC_Urology @AnimaAnandkumar #SurgicalAI
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This was a strong initiative by @UFSurgResidents for @UFSurgResidents with stalwart faculty support, building great surgeons @UFSurgery #GoGators
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Journal of Surgical Education
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Performance Improvement With Implementation of a Surgical Skills Curriculum by Loftus et al: #surgicalskills #surgeryintern #MedStudentTwitter #Bootcamp #laparoscopicskills #SurgEd #surgtwitter #MedEd
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Thank you @RASACS for hosting the contest and to my research mentors @AzraBihorac @Parisa__Rashidi @ptighe @gru6n We share one vision - using AI in surgery and perioperative medicine for better decisions and better care @UFSurgery @UFHealth and beyond!
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UF Surgery
4 years
Congratulations @_TylerLoftus for winning the RAS-ACS Communication’s Committee Sponsored 2020 Essay Contest
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#MachineLearning algorithms predict post-transplant outcomes, classify biopsy and radiographic data, augment pharmacologic decision making, and accurately represent the complexity of host immune response: Great work from @balchja @UFSurgResidents
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Strong display of support from our hero cops and first responders circling the Garden of Hope outside the hospital @UFHealth - thank you @GainesvillePD - we’re in this together! @UFSurgery
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Congratulations to Dr. Jeremy Balch @balchja @UFSurgResidents for winning the Clinical Research Award for the plenary session of our @UFSurgery Research Day with his paradigm-shifting work on #AI modeling approaches that incorporate prior knowledge of risk strata 🐊💪
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For residents performing laparoscopic common bile duct exploration, prior experience with formative feedback was associated with greater operative performance and autonomy: Strong work by surgery-bound MS4 Molly Nyren @UFSurgResidents @SIMPLCollab et al
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This project is the capstone on years of hard work and exceptional leadership by @AzraBihorac , @Parisa__Rashidi , and @TBaslanti @UFHealth , moving past #AI development and toward real-world applications that can improve care for thousands of surgical patients at UF and beyond 💪
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UF Medicine
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AI platform MySurgeryRisk is as or more accurate than physicians at predicting postop surgical complications using real-time data. @UFHealth researchers spent years developing and testing this machine learning system. Read more at #AIatUF
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Excited to begin PhD @UFBME ! So far: 1) coding #AI in #Python is humbling, in some ways harder than surgery, love the challenge 2) grateful to #github , @LinkedIn contributors 3) many thanks to mentors @AzraBihorac @UFMedicine , @Parisa__Rashidi @UFWertheim , @gru6n @UFSurgery !
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Congratulations to our medalists in the PGY2 Surgical Olympics @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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#AI in surgery series @SurgJournal : The future of surgical microrobots includes drug delivery, patching perforated ulcers, and suturing tasks with increasing autonomy and complexity Great contribution from Dr. Miyashita and colleagues @sheffielduni
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Congratulations to Dr. Valerie Polcz @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents for winning the Association for Academic Surgery @AcademicSurgery Outstanding Resident Research Award in Clinical Outcomes for her work toward managing trauma-induced sarcopenia and frailty 🐊💪
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Inception of the Mattox maneuver from the personal notes of @kmattox1 as a chief resident - awesome. #SoMe4Surgery #SoMe4Trauma #medtwitter
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
Thank you Dr. Wexner and senior author/ #AI visionary @AzraBihorac The safe, effective clinical implementation of AI in surgery will require leadership by an AI-competent surgical workforce. We propose steps to build one, based on these overlapping realms:
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Steven D Wexner MD, PhD
4 years
US national trends in bariatric surgery: A decade of study thank you @abalalw and your colleagues @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents @UF for publishing your study in @SurgJournal @ASMBS @IfsoSecretariat @EASOobesity @ObesityWeek @BariatricTimes @SAGES_Updates
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A thoughtful, honest commentary and proposal for solutions regarding LGBTQ+ inclusivity in surgery from @UFSurgResidents rising star Dr. Jordan McKean @JordanMcKean7 and colleagues @KellyHerremans , @CJMannMD in @JAMASurgery @JAMANetwork :
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Congratulations to Dr. Valerie Polcz @ValeriePolcz @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents for winning the #ASC2024 Outstanding Resident Research Award in Clinical Outcomes by describing pathophysiology and patient outcomes in trauma-induced sarcopenia with an outstanding presentation
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From the podium at doctoral commencement, Dr. Gib Upchurch @gru6n @UFSurgery shared his vision for academic curiosity, rigor, growth from failure, and service to others. The best part was acknowledging the love and support of his wife as she appeared on the jumbotron screens ✊
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UF Surgery
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"Follow your curiosity wherever it leads you." Our @UFSurgery chair, Dr. Gilbert Upchurch( @gru6n ), gave the commencement speech for @UF 's #UFgrad doctoral ceremony today. To read the full piece, head over to . Congrats, Gators! 🐊🙌🎓
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👇 Outstanding choice for the first HiPerGator Symposium keynote address. @AzraBihorac has built a world class #MachineLearning core @UFHealth @UFSurgery from the ground up and will now wield one of the greatest deep learning GPU systems available @NVIDIAAI - sky is the limit @UF
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UF Info Technology
4 years
Azra Bihorac, the R. Glenn Davis Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology, is the first-ever keynote speaker at the annual HiPerGator Symposium. The 2020 Symposium focus is #AI . The HiPerGator Symposium is open to everyone in the UF community.
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Congratulations to Dr. Evan Barrios @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery for an excellent presentation at #ASC2024 describing the role of myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets in the pathophysiology of chronic critical illness and suggesting a path toward therapeutic targets
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Congratulations to our medalists in the PGY2 Surgical Olympics - Spring Games @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
A tribute to Dr. Mike Sarr. As an editor, he was committed deeply to rigorous reviews that elevated authors and their work. He was also a staunch proponent of proper grammar and probably cringes at these (my) sentence structures. Thank you Dr. Sarr!
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4 years
Thank you @UFSurgery and @gru6n for our hybrid operating room dedicated to caring for trauma patients 🐊💪 It makes a difference:
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UF Surgery
4 years
Kudos to @The__Liver and @_TylerLoftus , whose research is featured in the April 2021 issue of @JAmCollSurg SSA. Learn more about the impact of a dedicated, trauma hybrid OR () & racial disparities in liver transplantation listings ().
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#AI in Surgery Series @SurgJournal : #MachineLearning accurately classifies surgeon experience by analyzing the precision of robotic suturing movements Outstanding contribution from @AjhungMD @yanliu_usc and @andrewchenb @USC_Urology @Behrns @SWexner @juliomayol #SoMe4Surgery
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SURGERY Journal
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Machine learning analyses of automated performance metrics during granular sub-stitch phases predict surgeon experience @AjhungMD @andrewchenb @yanliu_usc @USC_Urology @SurgJournal #SoMe4Surgery
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#AI in Surgery Series @SurgJournal : Great work from @TraumaDawg leveraging neural networks to inform trauma system development, staffing models, and patient triage for timely access to care @VUMChealth @VUMCTrauma @VUMCSurgRes @SWexner @juliomayol
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Mentor working hard to revive my grant
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...and now joining Dr Hashimoto, congratulations to Dr Jeremy Balch @balchja @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery on his new role as Assistant Chair of the Education and Research Subcommittee of the @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee 👏
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to Dr Dan Hashimoto @Laparoscopes on his new role as Vice Chair of Education and Research for the @AmCollSurgeons Health Information Technology Committee 👏
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Tyler Loftus
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#AI can unintentionally potentiate health disparities when input data reflect implicit bias. We suggest: 1. Only use inputs that represent pathophysiology 2. Modify reporting guidelines 3. Incorporate patient values 🙏 @CJMannMD @AzraBihorac @JAMASurgery
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JAMA Surgery
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Surgical decision-support tools propagate disparities when model inputs are biased. #AI can also mitigate disparities by augmenting decisions made under time constraints and uncertainty, which unmask implicit bias @CJMannMD @_TylerLoftus @AzraBihorac
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I am hiring a full-time data scientist (80% #ML , 20% scientific collaboration), must share our passion @UF_IC3 @UFSurgery to improve surgical care by augmenting patient centered decision making, flexible combination of in-person and remote work:
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Dr Jeremy Balch @balchja @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery presents evidence @AmCollSurgeons that surgery residents and fellows often achieve practice-ready performance during training, but are not always granted the autonomy they've earned. Time to fix that!
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#AI in surgery @SurgJournal : An algorithm learns from human grading and robotic instrument kinematic data to improve robotic suturing skill assessments. Coaching surgeons should match pro athletes and musicians - this is the way. 🙏 @AjhungMD @USC_Urology
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#AI in surgery @SurgJournal : Lessons learned from a randomized trial of #MachineLearning decision-support: Anesthesiologists acted earlier, more frequently, and differently for impending hypotension -> improved intraop hemodynamics Outstanding work from Dr. Vlaar and colleagues
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@SurgJournal
SURGERY Journal
4 years
One of the first validations of an artificial intelligence algorithm for clinical use: The impact on intraoperative hypotension prediction and clinical decision-making @amsterdamumc #SoMe4Surgery #AI #openaccess @SurgJournal @ELSSurgery
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Tyler Loftus
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#WhyUFSurgery Because our amazing Surgery Education Office staff upped 'Thank a Resident Day' to 5 days: Monday-Fancy coffee Tuesday-Call room treats Wednesday-Catered lunch Thursday-Baked goods Friday-Breakfast and parfait day (food-based...we get you)
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Tyler Loftus
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#AI @SurgJournal : A #MachineLearning model using CT and clinical findings differentiates between benign and pathologic pneumatosis with AUC 0.91, demonstrating potential to augment decisions for operative exploration Great contribution from @PittSurgery @DBMI_Pitt
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SURGERY Journal
3 years
Machine learning for the prediction of pathologic pneumatosis intestinalis @wushandong @PittSurgery @DBMI_Pitt @PittCAIIMI @PittTweet #AI @me4_so
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to Dr Victoria Nolan @victoria_nolan1 @UFSurgery for winning the AI4Health 2024 Top Poster Award with a perfect score for her work using LLM to recommend proxy decisions that align with patients’ values 🐊 💪
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Nice study from @DrCoCoMD and colleagues @OhioStateSurg and @YaleSurgery in @SurgJournal demonstrating that there is no such thing as low-risk surgery for frail, elderly patients:
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Strong work from Dr. Chris Jacobs, @gru6n , and colleagues @UFVascular @UFSurgery describing excellent outcomes for redo mesenteric bypass for acute or chronic mesenteric ischemia at #ACSCC2022
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Tyler Loftus
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Dr Valerie Polcz @ValeriePolcz @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery wows judges and visitors @AmCollSurgeons with her poster describing the surgical history of colostomy techniques 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to our medalists in the Intern Surgical Olympics Fall Games @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
🚨 prediction models in 4 leading surgical journals: 54% compliance with TRIPOD guidelines, 3% reported all model building procedures. In @JAMASurgery : Important work from @Jayson_Marwaha , @HaoWei95 , @karlhabashy , @JeffChoi01 , @DavidASpain , @bratogram
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Tyler Loftus
5 years
Feeling guilty for bogarting this research advice from @jdimick1 since @AmCollSurgeons ClinicalCongress '15: 1) ID a problem 2) Ok to do logistic regression gymnastics describing it 3) Get over your bibliopenia 4) Start there but don't finish there- propose solutions 5) Scale up
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
#AI in surgery series @SurgJournal : Computer vision ( #DeepLearning from pixel inputs) identifies instruments, tissues, and operative steps with potential to augment surgical coaching and performance improvement Excellent work from @Laparoscopes @MGHSurgery @SWexner @juliomayol
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
Looking forward to a future in-person @AmCollSurgeons Clinical Congress restarting the @RASACS Surgical Skills Competition. @FloridaACS is ready to reclaim the title with some ringers @UFSurgResidents @FilibertoAmanda @P_Underwood21 @AnnieCadavid @balchja @UFSurgery 💪 @gru6n
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
#AI in surgery @SurgJournal : #MachineLearning in global surgery where data are a limited resource: generating prediction models that are context-appropriate and resource-conscious Excellent contribution from @cjuillard @UCSFSurgery @UCLASurgeryRes
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Tyler Loftus
1 year
Congratulations to our medalists in the Intern Surgical Olympics - Spring Games @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Huge congratulations to @AzraBihorac leading the @UF_IC3 @UFHealth team to prospective validation of real-time predictive analytics with streaming EHR data and mobile device outputs - a capstone on years of relentless effort and scientific rigor.
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Azra Bihorac
2 years
Here it is! Final product of 5 years of our first RO1. Proud of @UF_IC3 @_TylerLoftus @TBaslanti @Parisa__Rashidi @gru6n @UFHealth @UFMedicine Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Postoperative Complications via @JAMANetworkOpen part of @JAMANetwork
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Tyler Loftus
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Congratulations to our medalists in the PGY2 Surgical Olympics Fall Games @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery 🐊💪
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Rigorous, transparent (open-source code) development of an #AI enabled mobile device app that generates frailty scores and predicts outcomes for injured elderly patients Great work from @JeffChoi01 @OpNotes and @DavidASpain @StanfordSurgery :
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
Here's to our Chair @gru6n @ufsurgery for supporting @WomenSurgeons not only with words but also - and more importantly - with actions, including equity as one of our 4 main missions along with clinical care, education, and research
@WomenSurgeons
WomenSurgeons
4 years
Thank your Chair of Surgery for sponsoring AWS & #AWS2020 #VirtualAWS We are grateful to these champions of #genderequity
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Tyler Loftus
3 years
Thank you Dr. Wexner🙏 All credit to rising star first and senior authors Amanda Filiberto and Michol Cooper with exceptional mentorship from @AzraBihorac and @gru6n , great team @UFSurgery Intraoperative data improves #MachineLearning predictions of postop AKI
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@SWexner
Steven D Wexner MD, PhD
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Tyler Loftus
4 years
If unchecked, global economic inequality will translate to biological inequality as #AI augments the human mind and body...but only for people with the necessary resources. AI should serve all of us, not just the privileged few. - @AzraBihorac , keynote @GoGatorsUFIT AI Symposium
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Excellent perspective defining precision surgical education in @AnnalsofSurgery : EPA microassessments identify learning opportunities with real-time feedback -> inform adaptive interventions for learner-specific objectives -> save results to EQIP
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Tyler Loftus
5 years
Thanks to @kibbemr and @JAMASurgery for a productive review process and platform to discuss innovations to improve surgical care by integrating AI and decision making! #HealthTech #DeepMedicine Thanks to my mentors @gru6n and @AzraBihorac and team @UFSurgery
@P_Underwood21
Patrick Underwood
5 years
@_TylerLoftus , with the help of @gru6n and @AzraBihorac , provides some remarkable insight into artificial intelligence and deep learning in surgical decision making. @UFSurgery is lucky to keep him around and help lead us into the future. @JAMASurgery
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5 years
Great work from @cdessaigne90 and Prof Alicia Mohr @UFSurgery : beta blockade attenuates bone marrow failure and anemia after severe trauma with a distinct microRNA signature - another step toward improving care for trauma patients from Mohr lab @JAmCollSurg #traumainformed
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Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)
5 years
Effect of Beta-Blockade on the Expression of Regulatory MicroRNA after Severe Trauma and Chronic Stress @_TylerLoftus @UFMedicine #VisualAbstract #ACSCC19
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Post-injury neuroendocrine stress activation impairs erythropoiesis by microRNA-associated mechanisms. Important implications for mitigating immunosuppressive effects of blood transfusion after trauma Great work from @camilleapple0 and @UFSurgResidents in Mohr Lab @UFSurgery
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SURGERY Journal
4 years
The role of bone marrow microRNA (miR) in erythropoietic dysfunction after severe trauma @md_mohr @UFSurgery @UFSurgResidents @SurgJournal #SoMe4Surgery
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Tyler Loftus
2 years
Instructional video on laparoscopic common bile duct exploration with balloon sphincterotomy compliments of @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery
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Tyler Loftus
5 years
Craig Elder and Russ Hawkins deep in thought and representing @UFSurgery @UFHealth in Surgical Jeopardy at #asc2020 @UnivSurg Go Gators! @gru6n
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Tyler Loftus
5 years
Women are underrepresented among surgery fellowship program directors, have leadership roles in lower paying specialties, and have lower academic ranks than male counterparts - important data from @FilibertoAmanda @UFSurgery @SurgJournal raising awareness about disparities
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Tyler Loftus
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Dr Zarrinpar @The__Liver representing @UFSurgery at the Southern Surgical Association with an excellent presentation demonstrating the potential for liquid biopsy (blood samples) of circulating tumor DNA rather than invasive tissue biopsy to monitor hepatocellular carcinoma 🐊💪
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Dr Jeremy Balch @balchja @UFSurgResidents @UFSurgery drawing a crowd to discuss the importance of understanding patient socioeconomic vulnerability in providing high quality surgical care 🐊💪
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